According to Comte, understanding society requires recognizing forces for stability and order, as well as change. Today, sociologists refer to these using the terms:
a. social structure and social process.
b. continuity and change.
c. social conflict and social order.
d. symbolic interaction and social interaction.
a
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Cuban Americans have unusually low fertility rates
a) True b) False
Which of the following examples of mental problems would most likely be defined as a personality disorder?
a) a crooked politician b) a person with severe headaches c) someone with an acute fear of heights d) a very anxious person
Societies that are tied together by impersonal, practical bonds are called:
a. foraging. b. gemeinschaft. c. gesellschaft. d. horticultural.
Using Robert Merton's perspective on the relationships between prejudice and discrimination, "latent bigotry" would involve __________.
A. discrimination where prejudice is absent B. prejudice without discrimination occurring C. discrimination where prejudice is present D. prejudice combining with discrimination, with prejudice occurring first